Sony CyberShot TX1 parts with its Party-dock for some sample pics

Sony's CyberShot TX1 may be best known as one of the cameras designed for use with Sony's amazing Party-shot dock (and, really, that's enough for us), but it's also a fairly capable point-and-shoot in its own right, as evidenced by a full set of sample photos provided by the folks at PhotographyBlog. They were apparently particularly interested in the camera's capabilities throughout its ISO range (from ISO 125 to 3200), and the results do indeed seem to be fairly impressive (especially for a compact point-and-shoot), with noise kept mostly in check even at the highest settings. Hit up the link below to check 'em out for yourself, along with a quick video demonstrating the camera's low-light video capabilities.

Update: Hey, the WX1 has it's own gallery of sample shots, too!

[Mitch Posted Sep 21st 2009 11:37PM]

Link missing?

[elefant Posted Sep 21st 2009 11:37PM]

http://www.photographyblog.com/articles/sony_cybershot_tx1_photos/

[Mitch Posted Sep 21st 2009 11:38PM]

Was headed there already.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 12:12AM]

This camera is terrible and very noisy compared to most point and shoots, I returned mine after 2 days. Major disappointment, but then again, it is a Sony.

[eruh Posted Sep 22nd 2009 12:18AM]

yea, the pics look pretty noisy, is engadget serious?

[spin cycle Posted Sep 22nd 2009 1:16AM]

Huh? These pics look great for such a tiny camera. No, it's not as good as large cameras, but we'll just have to wait for a larger camera to use a sensor like this and compare it against a large camera with a conventional sensor.

[Temple Posted Sep 22nd 2009 1:35AM]

Are you kidding? Did you even look at the samples on the site? Likely not, since you are trolling, and directly proven wrong by the pictures in the linked article.

For a point-and-shoot the low-light is incredibly good. They aren't as good as a dSLR, but they blow the doors off of pretty much any point-and-shoot where ISO1600 is usually an unusable mess.

Obviously the Exmor-R, back-lit CMOS sensors are showing their worth. These CMOS sensors are suppose to get 2x the light-sensitivity compared to front-lit CMOS sensors due to photosite arrangement where light is better able to hit the photosites.

ISO1600
http://img.photographyblog.com/reviews/sony_cybershot_dsc_tx1/photos/iso1600.jpg

ISO3200
http://img.photographyblog.com/reviews/sony_cybershot_dsc_tx1/photos/iso3200.jpg

[jonnythan Posted Sep 22nd 2009 12:14AM]

The high-ISO noise is in check because the camera is apparently doing some mondo noise-reduction.

The good news is that the NR routines appear pretty good. ISO 3200 appears marginally usable, which is kinda remarkable for a camera with such a small sensor.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 12:16AM]

The high ISO performance is due to its EXMOR - R Sensor. Its a revolutionary sensor and IT MUST COME TO SONY DSLRS but...don't know when that's gonna happen...

[xValentine Posted Sep 22nd 2009 12:35AM]

and why is your comment on this post ? this just proves that you got nothing else to say.

[ruby Posted Sep 22nd 2009 12:38AM]

nothing else needs to be said

[Arkv2 Posted Sep 22nd 2009 12:40AM]

That ISO 3200 shot is simply amazing...
Panasonic and Sony are really pushing the point-and-shoot cameras capabilities.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 4:27AM]

Puts even my Canon G10 to shame. What the hell...

[DiMA Posted Sep 22nd 2009 4:02AM]

cuz thats wat they have left (in cameras) since Canon and Nikon are 2 major leaders in DSLR world, plus there are millions of point'n'shoot users who don't know anything about cameras but they buy only the ones that look "cute" and stylish and from major name brands. Sony makes good quality cameras, and now its good to see their improvement in ISO, but I still hate that they use their own memory card instead of "universal" SD card. Either way doesn't effect me cuz i use only CF cards with my 5DMII, which btw has very low noise in iso6400 :)

[primetime4 Posted Sep 22nd 2009 8:51AM]

You know Sony's upper end dslrs all can use CF right? And the lower end stuff can all use SD. Still hating?

[DiMA Posted Sep 23rd 2009 4:08AM]

yeah of course, as far as I know ALL PRO DSLRs use CF, I was just saying in general that most point'n'shoot cameras use SD and Sony has its own, same as Olympus has xD, and YES I still hate that :) but I love Sony products (typing from Sony Z notebook)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 4:13AM]

So, when are they gonna put some effort in lowering noise in their DSLR line-up.
I've switched to Canon almost exclusively for that reason.
Sony is great for the lens catalog (Minolta FTW!) but their bodies aren't in the same league.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 5:31AM]

Usable ISO 3200? Oh my!

[THEbigONEinTOKYO Posted Sep 22nd 2009 10:10AM]

I bought the TX1 as soon as it came out here in Japan.

It's the best tiny camera I have ever had. The best night time quick photos and 720p video I have seen also. When you want to take photos at night with your friends, you want the photos to work and not be blurry messes without the flash. This is the first camera I have had that does that.

[UKCatsFan Posted Sep 22nd 2009 10:47AM]

I don't get why all the hate for Sony...

[oneleggedchewbacca Posted Sep 22nd 2009 11:19AM]

I guess that means it's over, then?